Riley is a contestant on the kids' game show, Spend or Switch! When she makes it up on stage, host Guy Granger takes out a stack of one hundred-dollar bills. He divides the bills evenly among all 8 contestants on stage. Each contestant receives 3 one hundred-dollar bills.Which equation can you use to find the number of bills b in Guy Granger's stack?Choices:(A) b−8=3(B) b/8=3(C) 8b=3(D) b+8=3Solve this equation for b to find the number of bills in Guy Granger's stack.____ bills
Q. Riley is a contestant on the kids' game show, Spend or Switch! When she makes it up on stage, host Guy Granger takes out a stack of one hundred-dollar bills. He divides the bills evenly among all 8 contestants on stage. Each contestant receives 3 one hundred-dollar bills.Which equation can you use to find the number of bills b in Guy Granger's stack?Choices:(A) b−8=3(B) b/8=3(C) 8b=3(D) b+8=3Solve this equation for b to find the number of bills in Guy Granger's stack.____ bills
Understand Problem: Understand the problem. Each of the 8 contestants receives 3 one hundred-dollar bills. We need to find the total number of bills, b, that were divided among the contestants.
Set Up Equation: Set up the equation. Since each contestant gets 3 bills and there are 8 contestants, the equation to find the total number of bills is 8b=3. This means that b divided by 8 equals 3.
Solve Equation: Solve the equation. Multiply both sides of the equation by 8 to isolate b.8b=3b=3×8b=24
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